English: habitational name from Linscott in Moretonhampstead or
Limscott in Bradworthy, both in Devon and so named from the Old
English personal name Leofwine + Old English cot
‘cottage’.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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